Wire-stretcher



A. HANSEN;

WIRE STRETCHER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-27. 1917.

mlntease t. 28,1920.

UNITED s'raras wmE-srnErcHEn,

Application filed August 27, 1917. .SeriaI No. 188,321.

7 To all whom it may concern:

.parts to be Be it known that I, ANDREAS Hnnsnrf, a citizen of theUnited States,.res1d1ng at Cumberland Mills, in the county of Cumberlandand State of Maine, have invented oer-- tain new and useful Improvementsin Wire Stretchers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in wire stretchers of the typeemployed for straightening wire fences and its prime object is toproduce a devlce of this class that responding parts throughout theseveral views. 7 In stretching the wlres'of a W re fence,

I provide an anchor post 1 and a core 2, the core being a metal orwood'member of cylindrical shape which is'formed near each end with rods4 terminating in eyes 5 that. engage with the grooved portions 3 of thecore 2 are connected by turnbuckles 6 with similar threaded rods 7 thatengage the said anchor post. I providea hand lever 8 formed with anoffset 9 and terminating at one end in an eye 10 and provided withspaced collars 11, 11 at its opposite end and between said collars asleeve 12 is pivotally arranged upon said lever, said sleeve beingformed annular grooves 3. Threaded wire,

ANDnEAsniANsEN, or CUMBERLAND MILLS, M INE;

' Specification of etters Patent; Patented Sept. 5

with a finger 13 in which hook- 14: is formed for engagement, normally,with one strand of fence-wire 15. Should the' wire 15' become slack fitis stretched'by first driving 1 the anchor post 1' into the ground inadvance of the end fence post 16, the core 2, being then disposedbetween'that post andthe. said anchor post. The fence wires are thendrawn beyond the fenceipost 16 and coiled, '75

secured ,to the eye-forming end; 10 'ofthe lever 8. T'The said lever 8is then rotated about the core in a direction to windthe fence WireiuPOnthe qore'until all sl'ack is I I Q;

taken out of the wire-andthe finger 13 and hook 1 1: of the lever arethenplacedin 'engagement with oneiof the wire strands to once or twice,about the core 2 and then retain the lever in adjustedposition. Shouldthe anchor post lean toward theicore Z-at 7' its upper end the core maybe adjusted to suit by means of the turnbuckles 6.-

What is claimed is In a wire stretcher, thecombination with an anchorpost, a rotary core, means adjust- "ably connecting said rotary core tosaid anchor post,"a hand lever having an offset portion associated withsaid-core and terwhileadj acent'the offset, wherebysaid wire "minatingin an enlarged eye to receive the .ends of the wire to be stretched,said hand lever being adapted tobe rotated about said '1;

core, and having a bearingthereupon mean-Q is wound upon said core, asleeve pivotally' carried uponsaid hand lever, and a wireengaging fingercarried by said sleeve);-

y In testimony that I claim the foregoing" I so;

as my 'own I have hereto affixed myusignature in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. i v ANDREAS HANSEN.

Witnesses: i T 1 ALMoN N. WATERHoUsE,

I MARTIN PETERSEN.

